The blog posts below are taken from my grandmother's diaries. Althea Green Smith Crook was lovingly referred to as Nanny to her immediate family ~ thus her diaries are called Nanny's Diaries.

Nanny wrote in her diaries when she remembered to - mostly in the evening. There will be some years in which she didn't keep diaries and there will also be some days/weeks in her yearly diaries in which she skipped or forgot to write in them. For the most part, these are her words - written as she wrote them. There will be typos, forgotten punctuation, and other grammatical errors - but I am rewriting these as my Nanny originally wrote them.

As with all old handwriting, there are some entries that I can't quite make out - and these entries will be followed with a (?) to signify that this may or may not be correct or I can't figure out what she is trying to write.

Thank you Nanny for leaving us 50 years worth of memories! We miss you!

Saturday, December 24, 2016

December 22 - 24, 1961 Smiths and Demings Arrive For The Holiday



Friday, December 22, 1961

Beautiful day and it was a beautiful night last night. Bill had to work. Billie brought home a new faucet for the kitchen. Milan’s folks came early this morning in a new 1962 Volkswagen. They came for  Christmas. Also tonight Esther and family came. We are so glad they are all here. I done a little shopping tonight.



Saturday, December 23, 1961 PHANTOM WENT

Another beautiful day except quite cold. Got the work done up. Betty S., Milan and I to town shopping for some more Christmas shopping and groceries. Esther rode home with us. Phantom, that most beautiful beast, went today. We loved her. These loving pets are so hard to give up. We loved her and always will. She will be worked every day now.

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Sunday, December 24, 1961

Cooked, made preparations for tomorrow. In evening Bob, Blanche came, showed pictures. We had our Christmas tree and gifts. It snowed. Bill had to go to work. Es, Cliff and kids here.




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  1. AnonymousDecember 24, 2016 at 7:51 PM

    Merry Christmas, and thank you for sharing these wonderful memories!

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    1. KimDecember 25, 2016 at 6:07 AM

      Merry Christmas to you too. Are you truly anonymous or willing to share who you are?

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